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Julia

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Time for Ds to get real and kick some MAGAt ass. If you voted for trump, you’re beneath contempt & I loathe every last one of you. Block me now or I’ll block you. #PrimaryDemocrats

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 10d

Reposting so I can pin this treasure

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 10d

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5m

I shall see you two days after Christmas in San Francisco.

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 6m

@stuartpstevens.bsky.social suggested that a billboard ad be purchased near the not-really-a-Christian Mike Johnson's church. Message? Johnson protects pedophiles.

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 11m

As to groundwater, there's this. Former admin leased land to the Saudis to grow alfalfa w zero restrictions on irrigation. Said lease was terminated in 2024.

Growing alfalfa in the desert? Bitch, please!

Arizona attorney general takes on Saudi-backed farming operation over water rights

Here's why this alfalfa farm has garnered controversy and a lawsuit over its water use.

www.deseret.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 18m

Dunno about the shift in usage, I've just read about the environmental horrors of data centers in the desert. Heavy water use, massive demand on the grid, raises electricity costs for consumers.

Gift link.

AI Is Taking Water From the Desert

New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them?

www.theatlantic.com

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 1h

An old water rights attorney told me 30 yrs ago that if I want to understand water in the West, ‘Cadillac Desert’ is the gold standard.

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 1h

Which one is your favorite? I’ve almost finished John Banville’s Quirke series and I’ll be looking

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

A dim spark of hope

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 5h

Why aren’t the Republicans working?

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Snuff films, here we come

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

This man belongs on the federal bench

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

5 Immigrants To America Won 2024 And 2025 Nobel Prize In Economics www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

5 Immigrants To America Won 2024 And 2025 Nobel Prize In Economics

Five immigrants to America have been awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 2024 and 2025; four of the five former international students.

www.forbes.com

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Mother fuckers

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

I weep for the WaPo that was

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Not so much in the West, data centers are sprouting all over the AZ desert and it's a disaster in the making.

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

I spot three, looks like a human foot. Who's the layabout today?

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Water use in Arizona anyone? Groundwater depletion in the West?

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Smells like desperation to me

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Taking up the @corybooker.com mayoral approach, God love her.

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

I want to express my deepest appreciation to the @mississippifreepress.org for having a such an unflattering photo of the chief.

Do you have more you can share?

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Don't threaten, DO IT and DO IT NOW!!!!

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Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

That's too 'spensive, Lucy

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 5h

Dare we hope?

James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 6h

In 1948, the GOP-controlled Congress spent 109 days in session, a post-WW2 low. They lost both chambers that fall.

Under Mike Johnson, the House has been in session just 20 days of the last 103. And staying home isn't working any better for him. My latest for MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Concerns about Congress’ shrinking role in running the country long predate Johnson and the rest of this generation of congressional leaders, on both sides. But just 20 days in session in more than three months is an astonishingly small number — a rate of less than 80 days in session in a calendar year. The lowest since World War II, for comparison, was the 80th Congress, which had 109 days in session in 1948. But unlike this 119th Congress, the “Do Nothing” Congress (as President Harry Truman famously deemed it) had two excuses. First, it was in opposition to the sitting president, limiting the chances for legislation. Second, 1948 was an election year, and Congress typically spends less time in session when its members are campaigning.

Just as the White House has been sending mixed messages — alternating between blaming Democrats for the shutdown and using it to fire thousands of federal employees — Johnson’s “stay home” approach has undercut his talking points. It’s difficult to argue that he is serious about swiftly reopening the government when his caucus is spread out around the country. Instead, Democrats seem to be winning the messaging war. The Washington Post reports, “The White House and a growing number of congressional Republicans are worried that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of any bill to reopen the government is proving salient with voters — including their own.”

Speaking of Obamacare, by keeping the House away, Johnson has hurt efforts to deal with expiring subsidies for plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. “That’s a Dec. 31 issue,” Johnson insisted last week. But that timeline is misleading. “While the enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025, the start of open enrollment is around the corner on Nov. 1,” says Miranda Yaver of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. If lawmakers don’t agree on a fix before the end of the year, it will be weeks after “marketplace insurers have submitted their initial premium rate proposals, suggesting dramatic premium increases faced by marketplace enrollees.” Without a fix to the subsidies soon, millions of people will be deciding in November whether to pay more next year or forgo coverage altogether. For them, a Dec. 31 deal would come far too late.

As for the Epstein files, Johnson’s effort here seems especially futile. Clearly, neither the White House nor Republicans in Congress want a vote on releasing the files (though even if the bill passes the House, it will certainly die in the Senate). But efforts to derail the discharge petition seem to have failed, and at some point — whether for the ACA subsidies or some other legislation — the House will have to come back. By delaying Grijalva’s swearing-in, Johnson only deepens suspicions that the White House is hiding something.

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you @marcelias.bsky.social and all your hard-working team @democracydocket.com

God love you all!

Julia @sdrose.bsky.social · 22h

Sweet happy dreams